Beachgoer Dies After Sand Tunnel He Was Digging Collapses

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A Virginia man died after a tunnel he was digging on a beach in North Carolina's Outer Banks collapsed Tuesday afternoon.

David Frasier, 49, of Fredericksburg, was digging a tunnel between a pair of six-foot-deep holes at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore when the sand above him collapsed, several news outlets reported.